Vets
Other informed vets supporting
nutritionally-sound vegan companion animal diets
Dr Arielle Griffiths BVSc MRCVS, United Kingdom
“As a vet, I believe in a kinder, healthier way to feed our pets that does no damage to our environment, harms no animals and uses fresh, healthy plant-based ingredients for a balanced and delicious diet.”
Richard H. Pitcairn, DVM, PhD, Sedona, Arizona
“This is very important work. In our time we cannot sustain the use of animals as a major or primary food source. It is simply not possible considering how very inefficient it is to feed edible grains and other vegetable sources to animals so that they, in turn, will be eaten. Even more important are the very real health effects from feeding at the top of the food chain. We don’t know the levels of pollutant accumulation in the tissues of animals, but in people it has been found that well over 100 chemicals are now resident in our tissues especially in those that regularly eat meat. Avoiding animal flesh in our diets very much reduces this toxic accumulation. Lastly, from an ethical standpoint, our food animal industry results in very great suffering for large numbers of animals and it is logically inconsistent to treasure one animal (the one emotionally close to us) at the cost of other animals being treated inhumanely. To find alternative diets for dogs and cats that do not include meat is very important work and needs to be done.”
Dr Malina Fielder, DVM
“As a senior veterinary surgeon and vet nutritionist with over 30 years of experience and with postgraduate studies in animal nutrition – I have worked as an advisor for global vegan pet food industries, and on formulating holistic diet plans, and supplements for healthy vegan dogs and cats, as well as for dogs and cats with specific health problems, such as: liver shunts and insufficiency, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, urinary stones, CKD etc. At SHEVEGA our mission is to empower and educate pet parents on a healthy vegan plant-based diet for dogs and cats and to reduce our carbon and paw print. Feed your pets with confidence!”
Lorelei Wakefield, DVM, New York
“Dogs are not obligate carnivores, and as such have an easy time being vegetarian. When you think about it, many if not most dogs in India are vegetarian and perfectly healthy. Cats are true carnivores but with an appropriately balanced diet can live full and healthy lives without consuming meat.”
